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lELVE MONTHS IN THE BRITISH LEGION, 421 , ' OEFICER OF 'THE 9TH REGIMEXT. London-, 34acrone, 1836. This volume incl the 'Ales a hi s t or y o f t h e movements of B ritish LoP.'ion from the landing of the first divi sion at SP . n Sebastian, in July 1835, until after the battle of: the sth of May, when the narrator quitted the s'Jrvice. We had no conception that a little work So very interesting could be composed from such scanty, and to the English public, common-place . mater , : dis. The writer speaks in the highest possible tP :eIIIS of the bravery of the Legion, and his statenT:cnts to this ef fect are fully borne out by the acr,ount which he gives of the conduct of the men 'when, exposed to the at tacks of the enemy. Of The Spaniards in general he is a great admirer, al`,:hough he does not scruple to brand the great bull.; or in of the native officers with tr eac h ery -caracity. ne appears quite satisfied that the misfortunes of the Legion hare been mainly attributable to the incapacity of General Alava, and the treacheiy . of Cordova, whose great object, from the first lao4lllg of the Legion, was to betray it, together with its b rave Generf.ll, int o t h e h an d s of the Carli. The foow ing ext ract w i ll convey to our readcts sts a tolerably ll cor rect idea of the Spanish ex-Commander-in -Chief's person, character, and. intentions:— " It was during war stay at Il arraza t h at I h ad an oppor tul nity of see i ng C ordova, who frequently rode through the age with b;,s staff to visit the outposts, and reconnoitr e th e - country, On one occasion he dismounted for a quarter of an hour in front of the Palacio, and, curious to have a Closer 'view of the Spanish god of war, I mingled in the - crov:d of officers standing a few paces apart, and beheld the "tor of Arlaban. He was a small, slightly.. rna d e man, st oopingsomewh a t i nt h e s h ou l ders, and with p.ce expre ss i ve r fa o fnothing s ave a l oo k o f l anguid discontent,,, t o which a sharp twinklin g eye gave the characteristic. air o f a Jew clothes.. dealer. His gait and manners w'ere slow an d saunter i ng, and i mpressed the sp atectator wits ere idea o f a man s h attered With dis ease , or enervated bl; dissipation. His dress on the three occasions that I har,pened to view him minutely, was un couth and slovenly, - consistin g o f a l ong b rown redingote, that by find k its want of sb a p e an d fi t reminded me of Paganini's, scarlet clot/-, waistcoat, c l ose l y b uttoned to te chin Y a single row of gilt buttons ; a small cocked-hat stuck l°no side e:f th e h ea d , w i th a cockade expressive of the o yalty wan king in hi s h eart ; an d a pair of worsted host or e ggings s t rappe d b elow the knee, with large sil ver spurs buckled on the heels. " When I first saw him at Ilariaza, he wore a regulation sword of the British Legion, but afterwards used one of different manufacture. The red waistcoat, however, seemed to be a great favourite, as he seldom appeared without it but,even on grand occas i ons. He wears no beard or whiskers, ind u l ges in a pair of stunted mustachios on the upper hp, which adds to tine expression of languid nonchalance Predominant in his countenance. In a word, see Luis Per- Ahrid ez de Cordova in a crowd, without knowing him to be buk e of M'endigorria an d C ount o f A r l a b an, and he would taken for a sickly attorney or a discontented tailor, " Pronigate in his manners, and, destitute of tale ru s as a B( ddk r h e possesses no one mor a l quality excer;i a restless 4rr.;bition, backed by a species of intriguing elVnnincr, in which t tnY diplomatic attache b e his T.:latch. ''Hated by most of his generals, who u:obraid hitri with the want of mere Personal courage, he is l.ooked upon by the army as a man ,w,ho, to gain his own Dirty ends, is ready to betray them into the hands of the en ,emy, and who, by virtue of his rank and exalted position. 'is carryi n o. on a traffic in the flesh and blood of his ;t;ldiers, to make an accommodation with the fl ernies of his sovereign and preserve his rank and influence the country. The command that he possesses over the : w eak and mi sgu id e d woman at the head of the Government P.o great, that he is frequently oken of as the succssor O:' Munoz, wheneve r God or an assassin pl ease to take him Tro na the world ; and his known hostility to Liberalism, Points him out as not without influence in the ranks of the Carlist party. Thus let affairs turn out as they may, it is a matter of small concern to tar e Hero of Mendigorria, who plays the cards of each part', and laughs at both. " The opinions here - put forward on the character and honesty of Cordova, ar e shared by nine-tenths of the honest Liberals in Spain. Let his conduct since his appointment to th e chief comEriand be examined, and no man possessed of a grain of crimmon sense can acquit him either of trea- Zchery orlncaT;Jacity. Has he met the enemy on equal terms ? 7. -- a retre a t h as b een the consequence. Has an advantage en, gain e d ?—h e h as refused to follow it up. His first uvance upon Arlaban was signalized by a retreat which the to h ave no object but to betray the Legion into e hands of the enemy. His second, in which he appears t ° have be a t en t h e enemy on several points, was suddenly a terminated by an invitation to a ball at Madrid, and that at t ime when th e success o f the Auxiliaries in the North v a equired a p us h to b e made on all sides to improve the ad set n, °4 f• fro m M a d r id, hi s fi rst o b ject was to ~f - Got a m arr i age b e t ween t h e young Queen and the 1, - ;".°:( Do n C ar l os — a proposal which, when it was rejected t,'148'.P.0- 'winning party, has vainly been attempted t o b e ed off as a f a l se report. T he only Ministry which was 41 - "enlat e d to benefit the country he has contrived to upset, t1(1 n ow he an d I s t ur it z go b an d i n h an d in the task of secu ring the regeneration of Spain." B uch i s t h e man who so deceivd Gener a l E vans, , a t that H on . an d Gallant Officer was ind uce d " to ' t i r ite to the electors of WestrAinster in the most lan tatory terms of his fidelity, courage, and zeal for the lec ess of the British troops. We dare affirm that b e y : l , ns will not again b e ma d e t h e d upe o f a Spanish 4h , J's ac count o f hi s own loyalty, prowess, and friend ip, q „ - lei s 'ne writer has i ntersperse d t h e graver port i ons of narralive with some very amusing anecdotes, chiefly lied by the officers and men of the Irish Brigade. „ I; " a e se brave fellows were in the highest glee in the wi i .m . st ,. of dan.r .4 er, and cracked jokes with the balls 18t11ng rOla.nd them, as if they were engaged at a t - 1 1 411 .4 e o f ahi.ndy. During the thickest of the battle of of. - May, when the men were falling on every th e e '' :" an officer's servant of the 7th regiment," says aq ( 11 `' titer, « ran up with a cartridge in his mouth to h e, Ateer, and pulling the heads of a couple of cackling An, s te °tit of his ha versac k, exc l a i med i n a rich brogue, tire your honour w on t f orget to di ne with my to ti r . to-day.' I t was i mposs i ble, we should think, "line an i nv i tat i on so given, with a prospect of S ic cline fare. c o , ,allowing extract contains the most vivid "% ac tl'at has y e t a pp eare d o f t h e sufferings of the 4 7 1 1 at Vittoria Wbie4Y r ecollections of Vittoria are not of the most egre h e e - IN; The natural gloominess of the town, added to . t h look o pal sickness that broke out at this period, gave f l u t ll t of e and ck °l a city of the plague. The hospitals were 'tre e i dying, and from dawn of day till set of sun, the 111.114,8 re-echoed to the melancholy sounds of the fife and ° or t : P l aying the Dead March as the departed soldier was l id te!,t° his last home. The air seemed loaded with fever, I ,ustp c ,'"e who marched in the train followed with a thelack n - e Ye , as if aware that t heir turn was next. The boys, ib ou str eets struck the mournful solemnity of a cere -44d doY' oich is unknor.n in the Spanish army, paraded up 41 1t1 1 , r ,'1l with stie] A s reversed and whistling the funeral ache lw r ies in the bal c oni es caug ht up t h e a i r an d 1, - ',. ° ; :re v - ,;ii fan .! . t n 't_ tleir pianos—the very bugl es th at soun d e d advance had a lugubrious sound, as if bl own q u q .. 4 l 4,44_4 his grav e ; and at length the Dead M arc h i n t er t?g tk me the on l y piece of music current in Vitoria th Whole o f th e fi ve mon th s th e L eg i on was quer he and in the vicinity. St e , huh tuber o f d eat h s spee dil y augmen t e d to such a at 'oat attem tat ceremony was abolished, and the there were ` carried p away in carts to the burial grou, :"es e t he y Were thrown six or seven into the same . hole. f. ; 0 4 0 ,1 4 4t died of our regiment were buried in a piece of b e pr;vt,!rtside the walls, called the Campo Santo, o. n the priest to mutter ov er a prayer or two, th 4 ll . 4 '°4l is loa f that the deceased was a go od Catholic. f an atholiC bette r than no bread ,' and it was thought prayerover a dea d Protestant was better i iktl ,1 - 11 o yet at a ll. fti n rind. e occasion, beinc , in command of a funeral . party, our arrival at e the ground that the priest had 111 appointment, I placed a corporal with a file of % Yi 1 7 street to waylay the first churchman that passed i °, 1.1 3. k r e r,!!'g him vi et armis before rne, as I knew that all t he tGI „ -- „ e ,uses would be made, if I followed the more 4er.re„'"u reverent mode of requesting him to perform , 11 the had not waited long in the church-yard, ti,„ S dr awii _" Placed at the brink of the grave, and the sal -14. or 5 e1 ,„,,(.4 , In singl e file on each side, before I heard a r t 'ffaim i ! a ing and noise in the porch, and beheld the cor t 'e"tn l ag his instructions to the letter, hauling up a ••() I P h i tor t' , 14,11b j, , Prie St by the skirt of his garment, and explaining er -no: te w r 'rds and signs, that soldier inzt,olLwiea poorn te l 11141(%entiernan, rciat no quiere stay any lor . ger w . ere T} .ah end „b 9 fancied that the heretics going to b e 'vlth , him then and there, came very humbly to ' l 'd t o I. s 1"g fore-and-aft cocked-hat in his hand, and ,n 0 I v What crime he had committed, to be seized .:',. and dragged up before what appeared to him an executiol.- party of twenty men with muskets and bayonets, and a grave ready dug to bury him in. Apologizing for the rude ness of the men, I pointed to the coffin, and begged him to perform the funeral ceremony. Was the defunct a tri— Catholic ?' asked the Priest with earnest - es7 , s _‘ 6h yes, `'very good Catholic'—' Si, , murcd the men, who 7. - ere beginning to tet , i tiPaAftkilt:, and the priest satisfied by these testittiOnial ot fhe orthodoxy of the deceased, "n"e""a hi s over in a crack, LaT,:- 'work in earnest, and had it black silk n i x rb down his beaver, he put on a 4 --cap to pr o t ec t hi m f rom th e damp—' Pater nc)sl?". , mumble jumble—Are IVlaria , ditto, ditto—etcetera, etcetera, Amen'—three signs of the cross, a handful of dust, and the man was buried. For this piece of service I paid the old priest a peseta and a half for himself, and one for each of the grave-diggers. " The inactivity of the army, the severity of the weather, and the sickness that prevailed in all ranks of the Legion, excited the most gloomy forebodings. The men were dying by hundred s , t h e o fli ctrs dropping. off like lef,y,:z., i rd•A l tree, and the whole opt curs appearzJ t 6 be On the point of fallin nieces and dyincr a inalliral death. The corn pny to which I laelor*.d When it first landed at San Se l4ashan was abo\A4 it hundred strong on parade ; six weeks after i its M - f - IV,II at Vitoria, the u t mo st that it cou ld muster tileen files, or thirty men. The regiment in like Manner, which originally was between seven and eight hundred strong, dwindled d own i n th e s p ace o f t wo mont h s after the fever broke out, to not more than four hundred. All the other regiments, with the exception of , the Irish, were cut up i n lik e manner , an d two of them, the 2(1 English and the sth Scotch, were so nearly annihilated that they were broken up, and the miserable residue drafted into other regiments. The Irish Brigade, on the contrary ) suffered little or nothing from disease, although it wds not better off for provisions or quarters than thtt rest of the force, and the 7th, 9th, and 10th, to the very last retained their superiority in numbers without re.'eiving a single re r_.ruit from the disbanded regimens. Had the whole of the Legion been composed of Irish, instead of losing nearly a thousand men at we might not have lost a hundred. In spite of all t'neir hardships, the severity of the winter, the badnea; of rations, the total want of pay, the Irish lived ; Throve, and grew fat, as if in the midst of clover— :itch are the advantages of misery and starvation at home Of this little work it is unnecessary to say more than that it is interestingly written, and does equal credit to the abilities, the candour, and the humanity of its author. We should have extracted his account of the batte of San Sebastian had, it not already appeared in our columns under the bead" Foreign Correspondence.' THE MAGAZINES. THE MONTHLY. The article on " R uss i a ," which stands at the head of this Number, has for its object to show that this semi-barbarous Power can never become so formidable as to inspire the European Cabinets with just appre hension----a position which the writer maintains with ' considerable ingenuity, though his arguments are at best sophistical. The " Baronet's Daughter" is a tall which c@ntains one or two striking scenes ; the death of Sir Robert Aylmer, in particular, is full of touches of the truest pathos. " Oxford by Day and Night" is a lively satire, not devoid of poetic fancy. " Letters from a Continental Tourist," are penned in a graphic spirit, and with a disposition, on the part of the writer, to be pleased with every thing he sees or hears ; but he might have spared his descriptions of Lausanne and Geneva, for what more can be said of either of these places, that has not been said a hundred times already ? We quote the following little epigram : " Maria's like a clock, they say ; Unconscious of her beauty, She regulates the live-long day Exact in every duty. If this be true, with self-command, Such well-directed powers, Oh, may her little minute hand Become a hand of hours !" THE PARTERRE. A very neat, well-digested little miscellany, embel lished with two or three wood-cuts, illustrative of an original prose tale from the pen of Mr. Miller. THE LONDON AND EDINBURGH PHIL O SOPHICAL MAGAZINE. As a monthly organ of science, this Magazine, though it may have competitors, has no rival. The present Number is full of interest to the philosopher, while it also contains much matter calculated to in struct and entertain the general reader. The ".Proceed ings of Learned Societies," which are always given in considerable detail in this Journal, and the " Miscel laneous Articles " are attractive, both to the learned and to those -who think it discreditable not to know something of what is going on in the scientific world. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEIVMARKE7` MEETING.-YRSTERDA r. Match, 100, h. ft. T. Y. C.-Captain Gardnor's Ethilda, Bst. 71b., received from Lord Tavistock's Oak Apple, Bst. 41b. Match, 200, h. ft. 8.C.-Lord Exeter's Luck's All, Bst. 91b, ( Conolly) beat the Duke of Beaufort's Esmeralda, 6st. 131 b. by a length. Even betting. Handicap Plate of 100 sovs. D. I. Mr. Walker's Gipsy, 4 years, Bst. 61b... Robinson 1 Mr. Gardnor's Magician, 3 yrs, 7st. 51b 2 Mr. Foster's Longinus, 4 yrs, Bst Colonel Peel's The Professor, 3 yrs, 7st. Mb... 4 The following also started, but were not placed :-Famine, 5 yrs, 9st. ; Helga, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b. ; Coriolanus, 4 yrs, Bst. 91b. ; Alfred, 3 yrs, 7s!. 21b. Betting-5 to 3 agst Helga, 4to 1 agst Gipsy, sto 1 agst Alfred, 5 to 1 agst Famine, 6 to 1 agst Professor, 3 to 1 agst Ma gician, and 10 to 1 agst Coriolanus. Won by a length. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. ; for two yrs, a feather, three yrs, 7st. 51b. ; four yrs, Bst. 21b. ; five yrs, 9st. 31b. ; six yrs and aged, Oat. 71b. Last three miles of B.C. Sir M. Wood's Tom Beazeley, 3 yrs Mr. Sadler's b. f. sister to Delightful, 2 yrs Won in a canter. Acceptances for the Nursery Stakes of Friday. Fantastic, Ist. 41b. ; Laodice, 7st, 121 b. ; Anvil, 7st. 101 b. ; Rnby, 7st. 91b. ; Wrestler, 7st. 91b. ; Edgar, 7st. 91b. ; King of Clubs, 7st. 61b. ; Cassandra, 7st. 41b. ; Creusa, 7st. 21b. ; and Marchesina, 6st. 131 b. Further particulars of Monday. Handicap.--No betting. The Neva colt jumped off in front, but after going fifty yards was stopped by his rider, who heard a bystander call out " No start." Toga carried on the running to the ropes, wher e M ozar t, r idd en b y E . Ed war d s, went by her, and won cleverly by two lengths. Criterion.--The former race was run over the snow ; the superior importance of this induced the Stewards to have A space of twelve or fourteen yards wide cleared of the snow, from the turn of the lands in. This certainly was calculated to prevent accidents ; but, as the race was run, it turned out that the ground cleared was not sufficiently wide. In the early part of the morning the Sister to• Waresti was first favourite, but as the day advanced she declined, Madeira and Chapeau d'Espagne becoming great favourites. In the rising, on the heath, the closing prices were 6 to 4 agst Chapeau d'Espagne, 3 to 1 agst Madeira (taken), 6 to 1 agst Sister to Waresti, 7 to 1 agst Fantasie, 10 to 1 agst Darioletta, 10 to 1 agst. Corban, 12 to 1 agst Nelson, and 20 to 1 agst King of Clubs. After four or five false starts Madeira went away with the lead, followed by Corban and Sister to Waresti, the favourite lying in the rear ; at the Duke's Stand she gained the first rank, the whole lot being together. About a hundred yards from home King of Clubs and Darioletta dropt off, and fifty yards further on Chapeau d'Espagne, Corban, Sister to Waresti, and Fan tasie were left to themselves, Corban looking most like a win ner and Fantasie the least, his jockey being unable to get him up without running off that part of the cours e c l eare d o f t h e snow. Th e run me was highly interesting, Sister to Wa resti d3ing away only a few yards from the chair, and Fantasie defeating Corban in the last stride, without quite getting up with Chapeau d'Espagne, who won by a head. Match, 100, h. ft.—Mr. Greville's Marmalade received for feit from Lord Suffield's Alfred. In spite of the snow and a sharp frbsty air the attendance was tolerably good ; so great, however, was the danger in galloping over the snow that very few went to the fiat to see the first race, the majority of them forming a ring, cleared for them at the Duke's Stand. So effectual a check to racing has not occurred since October, 1819, when, from a similar cause, the races were put off a day. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Llanblethian Harriers meet on Friday at Ogmore Down. The York and Ainsy Hounds on Saturday at Allerton Inn. The Eddlethorpe Hounds on Friday at Castle Howard Inn— half-past 10. The Earl of Harewood's Hounds oh Friday at Riffa.-14-past 10. The Pedalo Hounds on Friday at Warlaby Village; Saturday, at Bedale—half-past 10. The Hurworth Hounds on Friday at Craythorne-9. The Cleveland Hounds on Thursday at Aisdale date—hf-p.lO. The Badsworth Hounds on Saturday, at Acton Pasture—ht: p.lO. The Sandbeck Fox Hounds on Friday, at Aston—half-past 10. The Boroughbridge Harriers on Friday at Copt Hewick. The Whitelield Harriers on Friday at Hoo Cottage. The Warwickshire Hounds on Saturday at Epwell White House. The Galewood Hounds on Saturday at Bewiek—half-past 10. The Lambton Hounds on Friday at Cassop-11. The Chillingham Stag Hounds on Friday at Hranxton Moor-10. Mr. Gillum's Harriers on Friday at Effingham Lodge -11. Mr. Codrington's Hounds, on Friday at Maiden Bradley -10. The Craven Hounds on Friday at Chaddleworth Gate ; Satur day, at Hunt's Green—hf.-p. 10. The N. F. H. on Friday at Breamoore ; Saturday, at Bolton's Rench—half-past 10. The Hambledon Hounds on Friday at Rumsden Bottom—hf-p.lO. The Knapton Harriers on Friday at Trummingham Fells-11. The Eat Sussfx Hounds on 'Saturday at Swanborough—qr. to 1 . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE: Or!'• . 3. PEANCE, PARIS, 6.-v l 'ur correspondent at Algiers informs tnat every exertion i ts making for he expedition against Constantine. .It is seed that .the tiidst,bon%idef.able hart of the corps foriniwg the expedition will land at Store, ilience to take the most direct road to Constantina. A Proclamation has been issued by the I3ey of Constan tine, in which he announces to the inhabitants the approach ing attack by the French. He orders them all to take arms, and gives directions for conveying to a place of safety in the desert everything that can be removed. A signal will announce to the inhabitants of Constantine the instant fixed for the destruction of the town, on the ap proach of the enemy. It is generally believed that the ex pedition will be successful as far as the taking of the resi= dente of the Bey ; but there is a difference of opinion on the advantages of the measure. PARIS, OCT. 31.-The brig Eugenia, and the Zantpa, Which haVe arrived direct from Egypt and Syria, bring ac .. counts irom ,:nose eounwies lio not agre,., t what has been written from Smyrna, to the Swabian Mercury. The letters of the English Consul at Berout and Damascus do not permit us to believe that Ibrahim Pasha has restored the abolished monopolies, and that the trade in silk, gum, adragart, &c., is prohibited to the Europeans. However, one fact is but too certain ; it is that the French are treated less favourably in Syria, and in all the rest of the Levant, than the English and the Austrians; and that in spite of the rights founded on all the treaties; as we have several times proved. The fault is nbt in the merchants nor in the Consuls; Who lit geliefti do Out tledse to Make toqiplaititt ; hor to Admiral Hugon, who had not tht permission to remain in the Levant ; but in the Minis ters who leave our commercial and diplomatic agent abroad without instructions or answer to their dispatches for months and months together. It is hoped that M. Mole will not delay to remedy the effects of the negligence of M. Thiers. Other serious facts shoUld likewise engage his attention ; for instance the intentions of thePacha of Tripoli which, while they offer to the Turks a very illusory com• pensation, for their checks in Barbary will render it imprac• ticable for our merchants and captains to frequent that coast.-Journal du Commerce, Oct. 31. FRENCH FUNDS.-PAats, OcT 31. Five per Cents., 10sf. RAE sc. Nut per Cents., DM Three per Cents. 79f 15c. 79f. Bank Actions, 2,280 f. Bente de Naples, 98f 3Cc 35c. 40c. Roman Five per Cents., 102 1 %. Spanish Actives, IS 19 15 1 / 8 . Spanish Differes, S. Spanish Passives, 5%. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, lON. Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 54. Portuguese Three per Cents. 35%54%. klaytian Loan, 310 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, piper, 25f. 30c.; money, 25f. 27t4c. Three months, paper, 25f. 5c.; money, 25f. sc. -Gears Authentic:me. BOURSE, QUARTER TO FOUR.-The Rentes were, at the opening of the Bourse, at 79f., sellers. The present price is 79f. lbc., and 79f. 40c., buyers, for the end of November. The Spanish Actives fell to 18 per cent., in consequence of the alarming telegraphic despatch relative to Bilboa : they have since recovered to 18. i. The speech of the Queen-Re gent has had no effect on the stocks. LAST PRICES.-Five per Cents., 106 f. -c. ; Three per Cents., 781. 95c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, -; Three per Cents. Spanish, -; Cortes, -; Coupon s , - Gueb bards, -; Differes, ; New Loan, -; Actives, 19 ; Pas sives, 51 ; Ducats, 98 40 ; Romans, 1021 ; Pedros, 54 Belgians, 100}; Dutch, --f. --c. ; Haytians, 340 f. ; 111 i guels, 154; Brabant Bank, -; Belgian Bank, 24 ; Con tinuation, --c. ; New Differes, 8 ; Five per Cent. Perpe tuelles, -; Royal Loan, -; Three per Cent. Portuguese, 352- Continuation to November, 274 c., the market looking down. SPAIN. MADRID, OCT. 24.—The important day of the meeting of the Constitutional Cortes has passed over, and to the satisfaction of the Queen's friends, in complete tranquillity. At an early hour the doors of the Cortes were surrounded by well-dressed ladies and gentlemen anxious to obtain scats, in order to witness the important ceremony. At midday all the tribunes were filled. The house was tastefully arranged ; the throne was sta tioned in front of the elevated platform, the crown and sceptre, on golden servers, were planted on a table to the right, and below the platform was the chair of the Presi dent of the Cortes ; opposite to which, but elevated some steps and near the throne, was the chair of the Infante Don Francisco de Paula. The marble slab which on Saturday was placed at the base of one of the pillasters had since been fastened ahove the seats, and contained the name of Daviz, Velarde, Al varez, Porlier, Lacy, and Alvarez Alevedo, all known as popular martyrs to independence and freedom during the last 30 years. At 1 o'clock the deputies began to assemble ; they con sist of persons belonging to all classes—of bishops and cler gymen, of nobles and farmers, of judges and lawyers, mer chants and tradesmen, &c. The President elected on Friday took the chair at 1 o'clock. It is remarkable that he, Senor Becerra, should be the person to open the Cortes now, he having closed those of Cadiz, in 1823. He and the brother of Zumala carregui, who is a deputy, as well as several other deputies, wore the toga and other insignia of Spanish judges. Among the four Secretaries is an active intelligent young officer, Senor Lujan, son of one of the first Secretaries of the - old Cortes. Senor Salva, who was also Secretary in 1823, is one of them, as also the brother-in-law of General Riego. Senor Cordero was conspicuous on the benches, from wearing the old dress, called in Spain nzarctgato. The proces verbal of the sitting of the last preparatory meeting was read and agreed to. A letter was read from the Minister of State, announc ing that the Queen would come at 2 o'clock. A deputation of 24 members was named to wait upon the Queen on her arrival. They and the Ministers retired for the purpose. The diplomatic tribunes were full,—among others were the French Ambassador, the Count Latour Maubourg, an d M. Bois le Comte; Mr. Villiers, the British Minister, with Lord William Hervey, Secretary, and Mr. Southern and Mr. Otway, attaches to the British Legation ; Mr. Von ncsse, Minister, and Mr. Middleton, Secretary, from the United States ; the Danish, Swedish, Portuguese, Brazi lian, Greek, and Charges d'Affairs, the Plenipotentiarie s from Mexica, Venezuela, &c. At twenty minutes past two o'clock the Infanta Donna Carlotta entered the tribune specially arranged for her, and looked in the greatest good humour. Her Royal High ness was dressed wholly in white. The cannon from with out announced the arrival of the Queen Regent, who soon entehd, attended by the deputation and the Ministers, who took their stations, three standing on each side of the throne. The Queen Regent was dressed in a dark blue robe edged with silver lace, looked very well, and bowed and smiled as she entered the Cortes. Her Majesty was attended by the Lord Chamberlain of the Palace, and by the Duke of Ala gor, Captain of the Guards ; her train was borne by the Marchioness of Torrijos. Having taken her seat, the In fante Don Francisco and the President and the Deputies, all uncovered, took also theirs. After a few moments' repose, the President and the four Secretaries took the book of the Constitution, and, holding it up before her Majesty, the Queen calmly read the oath as Regent, and than sat down. The President and Secre taries retired to their seats. The President, Senor Becerra, then rose, and in a short speech congratulated the Queen and the Spanish nation on the glorious act of her Majesty, who had, by her presence in the Congress of the Cortes, and by taking the oath to the Constitution, given a new proof of her eagerness to support and to ameliorate the freedom and happines of all. The Minister of State, Senor Calatrava, then presented her Majesty with the Royal speech, which her Majesty read distinctly, although in a low voice. In the beginning her voice was firm, but faltered somewhat in the middle, but towards the close it was as strong as before. OPENING OF THE CORTES.—SPEECH OF THE QUEEN-REGENT. We have received by express Madrid papers of the 24th ult., and letters from our correspondent of the same date. On that day the Queen-Regent, having taken the oath to the Constitution of 1812, opened the Cortes by a speech, of which the following is a translation : " SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE QUEEN -REGENT AT THE SO LEMN OPENING OF THE GENERAL CORTES OF THE SPA NISH NATION ON THE 24TH OF OCTOBER, 1836. " Gentlemen Deputies—On beholding around the throne of my august daughter the worthy representatives whom the nation has sent to defend me, and to consolidate it, and also especially to establish the State on the basis of liberty, of order and of justice, I cannot but congratulate myself, and also congratulate you, on finding au assembly so ne cessary and so long desired at last constituted. " You, gentlemen, are called together to perform one of the most solemn, and at the same time one of the great est acts, for which a National Congress can be convoked ; you are .come to revise the Constitution which the Spanish nation gave to itself, after having been deprived of one for the space of three centuries, and at a period when it was carrying on for its own independence a deadly struggle with the most colossal power in the world. That act was attended with glory proportionate to its great merit, and the Ilawn of your freedom was regarded in many parts with envy, in others hailed with applause, and in all it was re ceived with benevolence. " To you, who are about to perfe3t the work then com menced, no less honour will accrue ; for if that war of ag gression was so fearful from the military force and the un equalled capacity of the military chief who attacked you, the civil war which now so cruelly tears us to pieces is not less terrible in its effects, while in its origin it is by far more painful. To pacify irritated passions, to unite op- posed opinions, to conciliate clashing interests, to over come enemies at home, and to armihil4te intrigues abroad THE SUN. LONDON, AirtnNESDAN, NOVEMBER 2, 1536 —oh; great a source OF difficnity Mid disorder I What plAtitelps to tli o:r 4 nd ohj&t for which you arc o 4 , nere—iusuperaole. , all others, thin' Spaniards!' But el erythhig is to be expected, Gentierin Peritti6, from . your constancyand wisdom) and, without doubt, the g6nt>. roux, efrOrt Of. fhdwhQ arc 0044 .. to triumph in this se cond essay the Sal i ne applause and renown as have waited upon, and will still tt'elf en) tare acts of those who triumphed in the first one. " No sooner was I convinced that the real wish of the nation was to have re-established the Constitution of the monarchy proclaimed in Cadiz, than I hastened to swear to it, and to command that it should be sworti to ~,n 3 ob served in all the kingdom as the fundamental law. And it being also the national will that this law should be re vised and corrected, in order to effect the bett , ..r the ends for which it was ordained, I cons oked immediately the Cortes for the purpose of deliberating respecting this salu tary reform. lat the same time assembled around my per son, and composed my Government of ; individuals possess ing rx , entire confidence, and who, being w e ll k nown, cou ld , As i nsp i re ‘ •, , ..Tficlenee into the nation. I hope that the line of Ut•L'iiiiii4nt adopted by them has not ren deredand if in any of thoir ac t s th ey them unworthy of' if, have felt themselves obliged to ex . :.'ecd in any way the sphere of their functions, I do not doubt, that• considering the ir resistible necessity of saving thereby the State, ;,icy will find the justification thereof in the equity and benevolvee of the Cortes, " The foreign Powers, which in both hemispheres have recognised the indisputable rights of my august daughter, continue to maintain their former relations of friendship and good correspondence with no: Among them, the August allies of the Queen, who signed the treaty of qua druple alliance, show shemselves always disposed to sup port it ; and, in accord therewith, tontintie to afford us co operation and aid as before. To the calt.l4ie : 16 sis'ance , for which we already are indebted to the generosity t;; Inc Britannic Majesty, has been since added the support given to the operations of our army of the North by means of the naval force which took ;inch a part in the glory acquired before St. Sebastian on the sth of May last ; and the sup ply of 100,000 muskets, so important to us in our present situation. To his Majesty the King of the French we are equally indebted for the reinforcement, which, under the command of a worthy General, has already been incorpo rated with Auxiliary Legion from Algiers ; although the Cabinet of his Majesty the King of the French has since thought fit not to carry forward the arrangements for in creasing the co-operation on the part of France. From her Most Faithful Majesty I receive daily new proofs of goodwill, and at this moment arrangements are going for ward With her Government (which I flatter myself are likely to have a fortunate result) with a view to dispose of the auxiliary Portuguese troops in the most advantageous way. :‘ The other Powers of Europe, with respect to whom we do not stand in the same relations, do not, however, on that account fail to manifest. a pacific disposition towards Spain, although some of them have ordered the Charges of their Legations in Madrid to withdraw ; for which reason similar orders have been issued to our envoys employed at their re spective'Courts. The Cabinet of the Two Sicilies has alone given me cause of great complaint, which, on account of its importance as well as on account of what. I owe to the dignity of the nation, and of the throne of its Queen, have obliged me, much to my regret, to recall my Charges d'Affairs at Naples, and to command the agent of that Go vernment to depart from Spain. All information on this disagreeable incident will be fully afforded to the Cortes by my Secretary of Despatch for Foreign Affairs ; the mea sures adopted do not involve on my part any feeling of hostility, nor will they prevent the commerce and commu nications between the two countries from continuing on their former footing. " My Government will give you, at due time, informa tion as to the progress already taken place, a);',l of the state of the negotiations with some of the new States of Spanish America ; and being always desirous of bringing them to a conclusion, as the interests of the mother nation and of those countries demand, will not delay to ask from the Cortes the authority necessary for the conclusion of con ventions, to accord which the Government believes that no insuperable difficulties 'will be felt. "It is an arduous, not to say an insuperable, task, at periods of agitation and disturbance such as the present, to attend duly to those branches on which public prospe rity and the progress of civilization depend. My Govern ment,however, as far as the state of things allows, will not omit, as far as possible, to provide for their maintenance and advancement ; having constantly in view the impor tance of making practically known to the inhabitants of every village the advantages of the Constitutional system, in order that all the productive classes should become iden tified with the new intorests created by it Amidst all those matters, the necessity is more than appa rent of attending properly to the National Militia, at once the protecting force of the rights of each citizen, the bul wark of liberty and of order. This Institution has received a remarkable increase of number, and some improvements in its regulations, which render it culpable of fulfilling the useful objects of its establishment. If from want ofarms it has not yet been able to present such a respectable aspect as properly belongs to it, now that the battalions of the National Guard are supplied with the arms which, as I al ready said, have been furnished by the British Government, they will be equally to be feared from their complete arma ment as from their heroic decision and patriotism, and will form the impregnable rampart of our institutions and of our independence. " In despite of the toils and cares that surround the Throne of my august daughter, I have not negldcted the interests of our ultra-marine provinces ; the situation of those provinces does not allow the complete re-establish ment of the articles of the Constitution, which, relating to the designation of Ministers, appoints one solely for their political government ; hut considering it necessary for the prosperity of these fertile countries that the affairs of their Government should be directed by one law, and on one plan solely, I have thought proper to give charge thereof to the Secretary of Despatch for the Marine Department, together with matters of commerce, in consequence of the strict analogy which they all have with those of mercantile navigation and that of war. The mercantile code, which requires some reform, will, in a short time, be reformed and assimilated to the Institutions, under which we now live, and presented to the Cortes for examination and ap probation. " The same difficulties which with respect to so many objects of public interest are experienced in consequence of the painful state of the nation, are also felt in rendering the administration of justice as free and unembarrassed as it ought. My Government has, notwithstanding, struggled to remove those difficulties, and relying on the approval of the Cortes, it is preparing means for organizing this most important branch on the combined principles of irremovabi l.ty and strict responsibility on the part of the magistrates and judges. The civil code is already drawn-up ; the penal and criminal codes will be presented, at a proper opportu nity, to the Cortes. Those of the Custom-house tariffs will soon be ready, for all the Courts and Tribunals of the Kingdom. " The state of public finance, after so many unfortunate and fatal events rendering it impossible for its means to cor respond with its charges, will be explained to you by the Secretary of State to whom this branch belongs. He will also lay before 3on in as short a time as possible, the esti mates of the public expenses, and the plan of contributions to meet them, for which purpose his particular attention is dedicated. At the same time he will furnish you all the explanations and data necessary to satisfy your anxiety on so important a matter, and which is so specially under your care. He will, in the same manner, submit to the exami nation and approbation of the Cortes the decrees issued in favour of the national credit, and pciint out whatever may seem most opportune to restore and to extend it. " All the interests of the Spanish debt have been paid up to this period, with only one exception, which I very much regret—l allud e to our not having been able to col lect the means of satisfying the six months' dividend on the foreign debt, and which becomes due on the Ist of Novem ber next. I am confident that my Government will be able to overcome the obstacles that have reduced it to this extremity, so that not more 'tha❑ a short delay shall inter vene between the dividends becoming due and the payment thereof—a delay which will be compensated by the security of a proportionate interest during the period which may elapse before the payment of tho amount due. " The difficulties to which the public Treasury has been subject, aggravated at one time by the exigencies of :he war, and in consequence of the Cortes not being assembled, obliged my Government to adopt the painful, but indispen sable, resolution, of asking from the nation a supplement of 200,000,000 reales, repayable in four years from the pro- Ceeds of the ordinary taxes, and with the annual interest of five per cent. The Cortes in their patriotism will acknow ledge the existence of causes rendering this measure ine vitable ; indeed, the only one that could be adopted for the salvation of the country at a period of so much em barrassment. " Various reforms and retrenchments have already beet, effected in the Administration ; they will be continued with constancy and firmness—for withoutgood order and economy in the expenditure, there can be no real foundation of pros perity or solidity for any system of finance. Measures for the general and definitive organization of this department will also continue to be taken—a department which has hitherto shown a degree of torpidity on account of various causes, some of which could not be removed by other means than by the Cortes. The object of those mea sures is to take the advantage of all the resources of the kingdom; capable of making up the losses, of restoring the credit, and of placing the receipts of the treasury on a par with the public expenditure, and above all with the means of the people. f‘ The special and indispensable necessity of giving pew impulse to the military operations for tetlenneting the civil war, has rendered imperative the resolutions adored, for the fiery of 50,000 men, and for the organization of the Oationaf °mad ase?rcling to the articles of the decrees telatitie the'r'eunto: The cemhination cf both measures will augtriied very tatich the rxctiVe forces, and will hasten the moment wired peace' and good order, those essential bases of all' prosperity, Whether public or private, will be giii t f lee re4stablished in the 13fate'. , " In the ilidaiirihilO the army, as Well as the navy, have incessantly continued id efive: admirable proofs of their va lour, of their patience, a nd of their firm determination to maintain the cause of liberty, and of the throne of my atigtist daughter. Impelled by its patriotism, the army joined in ii declaration of the provinces in favour of the Constitution ; but it did not, nevertheless, lose sight ot, even for a moment, the principal object of its destination— the pursuit and destruction of the rebels. Simultaneously with the manifestation of the will of our soldiers have been their victories ; before them are flying bands of enemies, which unfortunately have suee‘eded in penetrating into the interior of the kingdom, without ante, daring to face our troops, or wait for their appr oac h, ea us4 i ;g: by the rapidity of their flight more fatigue in overtaking ti)c"ii, than diffi culty in overcoming them. Like every pestiiotial and fatal plague, they undoubtedly are the cause of misek7 and desolation wherever they come ; but they also leave N."- hind them a just horror of their atrocities, and in every quarter meet with a dreadful warning, in not finding any place to raise up or waive with security the banner of their rebellion. "Such is, in fine, gentlemen deputies, the position of public affairs, of which my Secretaries of Despatch will, in the different reports they shall present to you from the various branches under their superintendence, give you more ample details. Your decisions will, no doubt, be con formable with the urgency and importance of the circum stances ; and the means which you will afford to my Go vernment, and in the strong and energetic measures which you „Lev adopt, is centred theconfident hope of the termi nation Of lamentable civil war : this is the first wish and the first neeb.2.sttY of the Spanish people, which expect everything from you. At the same time yo u proceed to the reform of the Constitution, and with a skiffen, .. : end at the same time, firm social ciahand you will establi s h th e b as i s of tt.le new organiza tion. For this n o ble an d ma j es ti c tino..: taking have y o u been principally convoked. I, th ere f o r e , proo,:e and counsel nothing as Queen, neither do I ask any thing as mother. It is net possible to imagin e , cons id er i ng th e generos ity f the Spanish nation, that the prerogatives of the constitutionkj Throne shall suffer any diminution in consequence of the state -of orphanage and of infancy of the innocent Queen now called to occupy it. Europe has its eyes fixed on you ; she will see that, taught by 24 years of struggles, of misfortunes, and of cruel agitation, you know how to profit by the lessons of your own experience and those of foreign examples. Ele vated to the height of your sublime mission, you will, with out doubt, place yourselves above all. par.;', and trivial interests, above all exclusive systems. The nation and the civilized world expect from you a fundamentai law, by which the legislative powers may deliberate and resolve, without precipitation or passions ; in which the Government may have for its action all the freedom and force it requires, without ever giving cause of fear that it should degenerate into oppression. and in which the administration of justice, founded on absolute independence, shall cause neither dis quiet to the innocent nor afford impunity to the guilty. Such are, without doubt, the views with which you will proceed to undertake this grand work, worthy alike of your wisdom and of your prudence ; and thus revised and re formed, the Spanish Constitution will acquire more respect and sympathy among foreigners, more love (if possible) and more stability among ourselves." The President of the Cortes then addressed the Queen, and said that the Cortes would labour to do its duty. In times of greater difficulty this great nation had done its duty, by feats of valour in battle, and cool decision in its ceuncils. The Spanish people expected the Cortes would d o it s duty, and he felt satisfied it would, under the standard of Isabel complete the consolidation of its liberties as already begun unds:r the protection of Christina. The Queen Regent then rose, and, attended by the de putation, left the House an,iflst cheers of " Viva la Reina," " Viva Isabel II.," " Viva la amstitution," &c. The streets were thronged, and the windows . crowded, as when her Majesty came from the palace, and the Queen looked well and satisfied as she received the cheers along the way. The President remained in his sent until the Queen had departed, when the Cortes resumed ; and a committee of five members having been appointed to draw up an answer to the speech from the Throne, the Cortes adjourned to tomorrow. The reply from the Cortes to the speech from the Throne, which is said to be contrary 'to the former practice, is re garded as a strong proof that proper alterations trill be soon effected in the Constitution. The Gazette of this morning contains.a despatch from General Rodil, dated the 20th inst., from which it appears that his head-quarters remain still at Santa Cruz (It; 'Mu-, dela, and that Gomez, during five days, to the 20th, was confined in narrow bounds by the Royal troops. It was suspected that he would again attempt to reach Cordova, and to enter the south of Andalusia, or get.into Estrema dura. Another despatch of the 21 Et states that the last of the rebels of Gomez, Quilez, Cabrera, and the Ser rador, &c., had left Fuencaliente on the 20th, proceeding towards Conquista, Torrecampo, and other villages of the province of Cordova. There is expectation that the tortes will soon excite the Queen's generals to more activity. In the Tribune newspaper of this moroing there is a most curious document published. It is the circular ad dressed from St. Ildefonso, by the Conde de San Roman, on the 10th of August last, to the Colonels of twenty-five regiments, wherein he condemns the proclamation of the Constitution in different parts of the country. Thisdocu- ment is stated here to have been the great 'cause of the re- volution at St. Ildefonso out the 13th of that month. I mention it as a curiosity. MONDAY NIGHT, 11 O'CLOCK.—An Extraordinary Ga zette has this moment been published, which gibes un ac• count of the defeat of Sanz, who on the lOth attempted to enter the city - of Oviedo, from which be was repulsed with the loss of 200 men. General Castanon was on: the 20th at Mier, from whence he was to go towards Labiana and Langreo. There is an illumination to night in honour of the open ing of the Cortes. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, OcT. s.—The grand news of the day is, Lord Ponsonby's receipt of despatches from Lon don on the 2d. A thousand reports have since been in circulation, but I shall notice ,only two, as savouring of pro bability ; first, that the British Government, alive to its own dignity, and sensitive on a point of national honour, ex presses its approbation of the Ambassador's firm and noble conduct in the Churchill affair, and proposed forwarding appropriate instructions in a few days ; secondly, that Mu shin Ahmed Pacha may expect to receive his deserts. If these rumours are correct, Lord Ponsonbv is d cheval, and will easily be able to gallop down the Russian intrigues which have late:y shown themselves in all directions. The principal of these intrigues had for its object to displace the Minister of the Interior, Pester Paella, who has always been firm in his opposition to the progress of 'Russia's un principled plans, as regards this country ; and it was in tended that the ex Reis Effendi should be put in his shoes. Had the British .Ambassador continued much longer neglected by his ,Cabinet, we should probably have seen this inirigue wound up successfully, and none but the very worst consequences could have resulted from a change that would have been, of a tendency so fatal to the empire. As it is, there is every hope that Russia will be foiled in her at tempt. The blockade on the eastern coast of the Black Sea is perpetuated, and last week tunderstand that this fact was signified to the embassies :ere. Quarantine is the osten sible object—the real one fleets! not be alluded to, This is certainly an extraordinary degree of activity in the Rus sian mission here, and the uoor d.rogomans have no repose night nor day. Unless the Englislt demands com e , for ward, quickly, so as to still further strengt.L'm the , hand s o f Lord Ponsonby, the indefatigable M. Butoniea will again be climbing up the hill of influence, down which has, within two or three days, been sliding as rapidly as if bad been paved with slabs of his native ice. The British fleet returned to Vourla, on the 2.3 d Sep tember, and was expected to sail again about the present time, to return to Malta, touching at Zante. On the 30th the Austrian frigate Venese set sail for Smyrna, and Admi ral Dandolo, after having been made much of here, has bid adieu to Constantinople. Previous to starting- he had the honour of an audience of the Sultan, who of course gave him a snuff-box, richly mounted in brilliants. In this poor ruined c ountry diamonds must still be plentiful, thus to be. thrown away , on every occasion. Baron . Roussin sets off on the Bth, in the Heradnias frigate, and tho nonsensical t a lk about his being kept here further to thwart the Bri tish Ambassador is at an end. The Egyptian steamer Nile arrived here, on the 30th ult., in seven days from Alexandria. She comes merely to take down the harem of the late Ismael Pacha. Her ar rival here has dissipated the fears that were entertained about the life of the Pacha, a ho, when she left Egypt, was iii the best possible health and spirits. After the Nile has got rid of her cargo at Alexandria, she is immediately to proceed to Syria to receive Ibrahim Pacha, and convey him to'Egypt, where be proposes passing the winter. I hear of a Prussian Prince being here incog. Who he is, and. what are the objects of his visit, I have not learnt, blit he has already been introduced to the Turkish Minis ters, and in a few days is to have an audience of the Sultan. The plague is getting worse and worse, particularly among the Turks, many of iyhom, adhering to their old prejudice A about Kismet, aisdain to use precautions for their pvotee tion. The Greek hospital report for last week shove the admissions to have heel! 93, being nearly four times what ifley 'Awe a fortnight earlier. The capital is suffering ter ribly, too, frgm the want of water, Vie have had liar( fly a drop of rain for thq last fivt: montl4s , The Turkish paper conta i ns r , long history of operaticms in Kurdistan. The Turkish army has taken no less tba t fifty-live castles aryl forts--has now the v,•hole country in its hands, and nothing now remains to beiloi;l but to organise it. A general amnesty to all who deliver up' their arms has been published. Great credit appears to be cl:le to Reshid Pacha for the able manner in which he has put down the insurrection. . _ IThe following is a list of the British shipping art)ved here during the thre3 months to the 30th of Septemter From Liverpool, 14; London, 9 ; Newcastle, 3 ; Lla ;icily, 3 ; Hull, 1, making- from Great Britain, 30. Me- , diterranean port, 25. Total through the Dardanelles,. 55. From Odessa, 29 ; 'Taganrog, 3 ; Kersch, 3 ; Ga latz, 2 ; Ibrail, 2 ; River Bog, 1 ; Trebisonde, 2. Total from the Black Sea, 42. The corresvending quarter of last year showed the arrivals to be, from tireat Britain 27, other ports 12. Total through the Dardanelles, 39, and from the Black Sea, 34 only. No further proof is required of the continual augmentation of the trade of this part of the world, which will become truly important if L'ngland only do her duty— a duty which will be quite as beneficial to ;;erself as to Turkey. I am happy to say there is every lik e lih oo d t h a t th e dis pute betwe:n the . Porte and Persia will be amicably ar ranged. A new regulat:,nn has been established regarding the Go vernment of the Greek Church. The power of the Pa triarch has been very much curtailed, and all its affairs are to be referred to a Synoa composed of six Bishops (the only ecclesiastics of that rank who will be permitted to re side at the capital), and two Co:incillors, with the Patri arch, as Presidents. Whatever tLe Synod may decide upon is to he submitted to the approbation of the Porte, without whose sanction nothing important can be done. This regulation must be particularly offensive in Russia, of whose biusterings on the subject you may soon hear more than enough. IRELAND. DUBLIN, OCT. 21. 1 VACANT JUDGESHIP,—*Up to yesterday, we understand, ' the vacancy was not filled. We can kriow only the causes of such official delays by report. The report is that Mr. O'Loghlen4 who at first positir refused, is still unwil ling to accept the vacant Judgeshi l .'—that the Government hesitai,a to give to the next in preceder, cc the office, as that Mr. Woulfe, and wouldleave the Solicitor-Generalship to . M , that the Government shrinks from the appet;rance of having the Irish Attorney and Solicitor-Generalship ,both filled at s the same time by Catholics. Now, we trust that !he report of a feeling so discreditable to the Government 1, without foundation. If two Catholics have,by professional eminence and personal character—which every one allows to M essrs. O'Loghlen and Woulfe—qualified themselves to fill elese stations—what matter whether they are Catholics or not When will statesmen in office comprehend the times, iLie countries, the parties which surround them, and their own interests ? Why, when the sound policy of the Government is expressly to obliterate religious dis tinctions—why should religion form an ingredient where talents and chara;ter alone ought to influence—and thereby religious distinctions be kept up by those who desire them to be obliterated ? This we can say, and we know the people well, that the peopLl at large never ask is be a Ca tholic ? But is he a good con.‘:itutional lawyer, an impar tial and incorruptible man ? Let ih:tt be well answered, and they will neither be offended at the promotion of a Protes tant, nor propitiated by the preference . of a Catholic. Do the Government fear to meet the Prote: tants upon the point ? Why, the Liberal portion of the Protestants will just feel the case as we have already described--personal eligibility, without. reference to creed, is all they ask. And, as for the Orangemen, nothing the Whigs can do will .abate their rancour or calumny. They will hate them, do What they can—and abuse them, do what they may. See boor the Orange press—calculating on Mr. O'Loghlen's accept ance of the Judgeship—have already turned it that the Ministry must succumb to the Catholics, and must put a Catholic on the bench. Well, Mr. Richards is a Protes tant, and out of their own mouths they can be convicted, should he get the vacant post. But really these things should be decided upon higher grounds than on what Orangemen, or their press, choose to state one way or other, or any reference to this man as a Catholic, or that us a Protestant. If Mr. O'Loghlen really does wish to decline the post, and that Mr. Richards is entitled to it by precedence, he is entitled every other way ; and let him get his right, without any reference to the s,linders or intimida tion of faction. "Be just., and fear not." This maxim should govern more than the appointment of s:n officer ; but this should not be shrunk from, when the right of the Go vernment to appoint is in question. Again we say, "Be just, and fear not."--Pilot. REPRESENTATION .OF THE COUNTY OF CORK.—We are authorised to state that the two paragraphs, announcing that Mr. Edmond Roche, of Trabolgan, was to come forward as a candidate for the representation of the county of Cork at the next election, were not authorised or sanc tioned by that gentleman or by his father. In con nexion with the subject of the representation of the county, it becomes our duty—and we perform it with re gret—to announce that Lord Ennismore, to whom the Likral Constituency turned as the individual who was certain to obtain an almost unanimous support, in conside ration of his known public principles and private worth, is obliged, though reluctantly, to decline the honour of coming forward as a candidate. In making this announcement, it is unneceoary to accompany it with any other explanation than this—t:iat the declension of Lord Ennismore has not been produced, or influenced in the slightest degree, by any difference of opinion with the Liberal Constituency of the county upon any one subject which they have at heart.— Cork Southern Repo:len The following corresondence has been published : TO THE EDITOR OF THE .DUBLIN FREEMAN'S JOURNAL. _i3rookmorris, Oct. 27, 1836. SIR—As I find, not only frail: what took place at Ccrl:, contained in ether papers, but b; a letter from Mr. Kyle himself to inform me which is the corri4ict account, that Mr. Kyle did not profess to repeat anything that had been said by me when in conversation, but only a r onort that I had expressed the opinions attributed to me at another place, think it only fair to him to absolve him from lny charge that might seem to be implied in my letter, of having re peated in public any private conversations between tne and him. ;When I wrote before, I had only seen the .7pec.ititor, which had given me that impression, which, however, the real facts of the case do not warrant. Ido this sponta neously, as an act of common justice to Mr. Kyle, repeat ing, however, my denial that the report itself is true. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, EDMUND PHIPPS. TO THE EDITQa OF THE STANDARD. October 31. Sin—Havill4 been a letter in the Freeman's Jou r nal o f the osth i nstant, b ea: i ng the signature of the Hon. Ed mun d Phipps, in tvhich that g.7ntleman absolves me of the charge whitili his letter to the Elloor of the Dublin Evening Post of October 21 may see :o to have implied against me, namely, of having repeated 0 .. public any p r i va t e conversa tions between me and him, I wel, on my part, no hesitation in expressing my regret for having given further circulation to a report concerning him, which II now believe to have been without foundation. I am, Sir, your very obedient :Layout, H. S. KYLE. PASSIVE REF.ISTANCE.—The men of Enniseorthy, and indeed, of Wexford generally, haVe showed at all times a most inveterat e hatred of tithes and the highest respe , lt for the law. Elsewhere the parsons are attempting to enforce, by law, the most unequitable claim that ever one man made on another, and by letting the law take its course, the men of Wexford.are defeating these claims.' Our re,zders will have a fair idea of the passive resistance that is g ;ven to this obnoxious impost when we tell them that among fifty thousand men not one could be found to bid one penny tor any of the cattle seized for tithes.—Freeman. REPRESENTATIVE. PEER.—The election for a Represen tative Peer in the place of the late Lord Dufferin, closed at twelve o'clock last night in the return of the Tory Lord Hawartial' f by a majority of fifty-eight over Lord Listrore. Warrs of 11:.'itELLioN--We learn from the Limerick Star, that an office ;Fill be opened immediately in that city, to facilitate the filing of answers to Exchequer gills, thereby for ever rendering writs of rebellion impossible to be issued. . CROTTY.—The notorious Crotty, who in Birr acted the part of Catholic priest, in Belfast of Episcopalian, has ❑ow, in Scotland embraced, with equal sincerity, the Presbyterian religion. Arc the followers of him and his congenial bro ther.irt liirr now convinced ? We refer to the Scotsman for his Scotch profession of faith. Lady Dover, Lord Morpeth, and the Duke of Suther land, have received from the inhabitants of Craig► addresses, which the personages addressed have gratefully answered. The young Prince de Canino has fOnnally appealed against the sentence lately pronouned upon Litih The ap peal lies to the Sacra GansuPa. MADRID IN 1835.—These highly in:cresting vo hitties, which have just appeared, are full of point, charac ter, and incident to amuse their readers. The demoralising influence of the priests on Spanish society, their exactions, their tyranny, and their fanaticism are depicted with a master's hand, and the debasing effects of blind supersti tion are powerfully displayed. Whether regarded as a work of entertainment, or as one of imlusetnent, it cannot fail to be gorterally liked by the public,